The Hill (1965)

“(BluR) Round, sharp, a militar prison on absurdity of regime more than cruelty. Each character poses dramatic and moral dilemmas beyond thier instincts of survival.Connery is pure star charism but not richess of detail. Redgrave is ok, Harry Andrews and Bannen are better. Alfred Lynch as Stevens, the cruellest, is maybe the best...” read more

1001 Movies ... my own version (1960's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I had never heard of the damned thing before but it turned out to be so much better than I expected. Indeed, even though it did start like a rather conventional POW story, eventually, it turned out to be one of the bleakest anti-army movies I have ever seen. In fact, the story was not actually dealing with some regular POW’s but with a military prison with some British soldier convicted for some minor offences such as insubordination, being drunk while on duty, going AWO"

A very good movie

“I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sean Connery, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I had never heard of the damned thing before but it turned out to be so much better than I expected. Eventually, it’s too bad I saw it on the BBC without subtitles but, even though I did struggle with the dialogues, the damned thing was still quite impressive. Indeed, even though it did start like a rather conventional POW story, eventually, it turned out to be one of the bleakest anti-army movies I have ever seen. In fact, the story was not actually dealing with some regular POW’s but with a military prison with some British soldier convicted for some minor offences such as insubordination, being drunk while on duty, go” read more

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I had never heard of the damned thing before but it turned out to be so much better than I expected. Indeed, even though it did start like a rather conventional POW story, eventually, it turned out to be one of the bleakest anti-army movies I have ever seen. In fact, the story was not actually dealing with some regular POW’s but with a military prison with some British soldier convicted for some minor offences such as insubordination, being drunk while on duty, going AWO"

Movies Watched in 2017 (302 movies items)

"November 5th Directed by: Sidney Lumet"